Kobo Repairability Page

[Frogm4n]

Originally Posted by Cootey

I wonder about the warranty, though. Usually warranties are voided the moment a user cracks open their device. Will Kobo allow self-repair AND intact warranties if you use official repair kits? What do you think? (It's probably NOT very likely. haha)

Under US law this has been illegal since the 1975 introduction of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, despite companies often lying about it and putting "WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED" stickers and whatnot on them. A company may only void the warranty if damage has been caused by the user or 3rd party, and if they can prove it was not due to a defect in the product.

[Cootey]

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

Under US law this has been illegal since the 1975 introduction of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, despite companies often lying about it and putting "WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED" stickers and whatnot on them. A company may only void the warranty if damage has been caused by the user or 3rd party, and if they can prove it was not due to a defect in the product.

Good to know!

[Cootey]

The repairability page hasn’t been updated yet, but Kobo Colour help pages went live yesterday. Nate has more info on it: https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...dels-now-live/

[Cootey]

ifixit.com has added placeholders for the Kobo Colour Libra, Kobo Colour Clara, and The Kobo Clara BW.

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Kobo

[Cootey]

Kobo has updated their Repairability page with content now that the new devices are available.

As posted earlier, this is is the main Repairability page:
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...r-Kobo-eReader

You’ll find the following topics:

Kobo eReaders that you can repair
When to repair your eReader
Parts that you can repair yourself
Find instructions and order parts to perform your own repair
Contact iFixit

And this is now the official landing page over at iFixit for guides on repairing the three new devices:

http://ifixit.com/kobo

It’s a work of beauty. You’ll find guides with photos for all the replaceable parts, as well as a list of available parts for sale. I could have used something like this when I mangled my poor Kobo Aura One ages ago when I first started learning how to repair Kobos.